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nintendo is putting its own spin on Skylanders I'm Bridget Carey and this is your scene that update times are tough for Nintendo sales are down for the Wii U and in its recent earnings report revenue was down eight percent for the quarter and profits slipped thirty percent from this time of year ago but Nintendo has a few ideas on how to turn things around just like Skylanders and Disney infinity Nintendo will sell its own special action figures that have sensors to work with video games these Nintendo figures would use near field communication or NFC to save data on the toy and it can be used across several video game titles on the Wii U and the 3ds when you put the character on the Wii U gamepad it loads up your game data you can also put it on a special wireless platform for the three DS Nintendo says we will learn more about the figurines in June at the e3 video game expo and that's not all that's new from Nintendo when Mario Kart 8 comes out later this month for the Wii U it'll have a feature called Mario Kart TV it lets players upload their racing highlights to the internet and you can watch them on a smartphone Nintendo also plans to create new game consoles for emerging markets it's not just going to make a cheaper version of the wii rather the goal is to design a whole new type of low-cost system from scratch for other countries let's move on to apps if you want to spice up your podcast and radio experience you should check out the updated tuning radio app to name is a free way to listen to live radio broadcast streams and podcasts but it's changing its tune so to speak to be more social you can now follow people and follow shows and share what you love with your followers one neat thing is that you can search for music that's streaming right now so you can hop into a station that's playing your jam and while TuneIn wants to change the way we listen another tech startup wants to change the way we buy makeup what if you could print your own makeup at home with a 3d printer just pick the colors that work for you and the 3d printer mixes the ingredients and pigments to create a cream or a pressed powder it's called the mink and it was shown off at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference in New York City it will cost around three hundred dollars for the printer when it comes out later this year but if you're interested in a different type of 3d printer you can win one for free from cnet we have a sweepstakes going on now to win a MakerBot 3d printer and supplies it's worth more than two thousand dollars go to cnet.com sweeps to win you have until May fourteenth that's your tech news update from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey